Regulation D Study Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3240.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3240, Regulation D Study Act” on August 13, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 29, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 13, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45649

  CBO publication date

  August 13, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3240, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3240

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-640 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on December 2, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 2, 2014 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/640

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3240, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3240

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H7252-H7253):
  According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards. H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston. H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda. H.R. 274: Mr. Keating. H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon. H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York. H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen. H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  3,716 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3240, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3240

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bdec711359e9418c07593f3c3d735d77863fc9f811d794874bb71ebddee6a977

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